Got into work this morning expecting a bollocking over a parking fine goes into office to explain and was given the keys to the firms flagship motor an XF with all the toys. That’s not the bit I’m bricking well it is a little small scratch on this and it they will be all over me like syphilis on a prossie what I’m bricking the most is learning c&e again and riding solo. When I mean again its 12 month since I last drove c&e and I’ve just come out of a 6 wheel tag just looking for pointers and any tips
You’ll be ok, it’s like riding a bike you never forget might be abit wobbly to start but you’ll soon be back on form. Bald bloke you want to print that quote and hang it over the traffic desk having seen the state of your motors when I was down today.
On a serious note, the fact that you’re so bothered about scraping it, suggests that you’ll do everything within your power not to. You’ll be fine! And when you get back, totally intact, you can buy me a pint for having faith in you.
Just go an do your job, your qualified and obviously competent otherwise you wouldn’t ask, have confidence in yourself but any doubts get out an check or ask for help.
Good luck.
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On a serious note, the fact that you’re so bothered about scraping it, suggests that you’ll do everything within your power not to. You’ll be fine! And when you get back, totally intact, you can buy me a pint for having faith in you.
+1
Straight glass please and a small bag of KP nuts. Cheers
I remember, when I did my class 1 assessment, I did ok, don’t think I was going to win any medals, but I never clipped a single kerb, or fluffed a single gear change.
Instructor said to me, if you had to, could you get this parked up outside your house. Was totally confident that I could, so I told him so. “Right,” he said, “so you can drive it, all we’ve got to do is get you through the test”
Never driven an artic since, but still convinced I could get one in to pretty much anywhere. Reversing scares the bejesus out of me, but if I have to get out of the cab 20 times, then so be it. Christ when I started on 7.5s I used to back up to gates etc, and you’d have got another 7.5 between me and the gates. What the hell, at least I wasn’t doing it the other way round and wiping out the gates. All comes with practice
my first reverse all tho years ago was a blindside ,tried a few times an failed but a couple of oldens jus said “spin it round and go in yourside ,forget the one way system ,do it the easy way” never forgot that advice. .always look for the easy option.
Thanks nove getz ian58 oh and nick2008 where’s Wally too and anyone else I missed went out with head honcho today I was like a kid who’s just had his stabilisers taken off
[zb] happens mate. I’ve only ever had minor scrapes, but coughed to all of them (well nearly) even my TM says, you can’t drive 150,000 km a year and hit nothing!
.always look for the easy option.